SECOND Google Street View love triangle murder clue is revealed

SECOND Google Street View love triangle murder clue is revealed
Source: Daily Mail Online

A second Google Street View image appears to cast fresh light on a Spanish love triangle murder mystery after Spain police said the service had helped them solve the case after an intensive probe in the Spanish countryside.

The blurred silhouette of a person carrying a large package in a wheelbarrow in Tajueco, Spain raises more questions as to what happened to a missing husband, believed to have been killed by his wife after he vanished last year.

The body of the unnamed victim, only referred to by his initials JLPO, was found dismembered before police found the images of someone dressed in blue dumping a white sack into a car off a side street.

A scan of the town in Castile and León also shows a figure dressed in dark blue and pushing a full wheelbarrow through the streets.

The photo, only dated October 2024, lines up with images that show a man loading a big bag into the boot of a red Rover sedan, also in October, which led investigators to focus on the victim's wife and her new partner, named by El Pais as Manuel Isla Gallardo.

Investigators believe the victim discovered his wife was having an affair with Gallardo and that they hatched a plan to kill him. His chopped-up remains were found in a cemetery in Andaluz, a community neighboring Tajueco.

A frame captured by the Google camera car shows a person dressed in dark clothing pushing a wheelbarrow carrying a large white package.

The photo shows a man loading what appears to be a body bag into the boot of a red car, local media reports.

Photos still available online show a figure at the top of Calle las Eras at an unknown day in October.

Heading further up the road and out of the town, the figure suddenly disappears.

The outskirts of the village are dotted with farm buildings and gravel tracks, but the figure cannot be seen again.

Going the other way, into the village, the Google car collecting the photos turns a corner, making it impossible to know where the figure went next.

But just off the road, a man in dark clothing is seen piling a white bag into the boot of a car.

Police say these pictures were key to helping them solve the mystery disappearance of victim 'JLPO', who was reported missing in November 2023, per El Pais.

The Cuban victim's cousin, who lives in Zaragoza, reported the disappearance, saying they became suspicious when they started receiving weird WhatsApp messages from him.

They said JLPO told them that they had met a woman and planned to leave Spain and his phone behind.

The relative did not believe JLPO was talking to them and soon contacted the police.

The couple at the heart of the love triangle were arrested on November 12, though a motive is still being properly investigated.

It has been reported the victim found out about their affair and illegally detained and killed by the couple sometime after.

The police investigations led them to a cemetery in nearby Andaluz, where they found 'the torso in an advanced state of decomposition' on December 11.

They said they were still looking for other parts of the body.

The photo shows a man loading what appears to be a body bag into the trunk of a red car.

The investigation took police to various properties in Soria, a tiny commune with a population of 56, and on a number of digs in the locality.

But they say the crucial lead was provided by a Google Street View image that showed what appeared to be a man loading a big bag into the boot of a car.

Investigators then turned their attention to 48-year-old Gallardo, who was reportedly running a bar in nearby Bayubas de Arriba at the time.